It's been quite a while! Son and daughter-in-law are home after 3 years in Europe, and just flew back to D.C. this week. They spent tonight at the hospital waiting to see what was wrong with my niece. Son has never lived in the same town with relatives (except my second husband's) and the first time he gets to, he spends most of his 2nd day there at the hospital emergency room. The 22 year old niece has ruptured ovarian cysts which will be taken care of next week.
No other real news here in Notown, except the satisfaction of having Son here and having him say, "How do you live here, Mom?" There's nothing here. No art museum, no concerts, no plays, one restaurant (other than fast food), no Starbucks (you can't get a real cup of espresso in this town unless you come use my machine). And then there are about 18,000 people, at least 60% of whom live below the poverty level (and in Arkansas, that's really saying something!).
There's nothing quaint here, no cute shops, and the landscape is flat with cotton fields and soybean crops. Yes, on top of everything else, it's ugly here!
Does anyone else live in a similar place, and if you do, how do you cope? (The nearest city is an hour and twenty minutes away through bleak landscape).
No wonder I'm in love with my computer!
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8 comments:
i moved from dallas/fort worth to south bend, indiana. it's not quite as bleak here as in your Notown ... but i do cope through the computer. cuz this town sucks. it's either freezing cold outside or it's humid. or freezing cold and humid. and i don't like cold.
moving is good, but it's not like everyone can just up and move at the drop of a hat, right?
No, right now moving is not an option. What's really ironic is that my husband is established here (because of his father since 1950) and probably could never make as much money anywhere else.
Cluny
I actually live in what most people would consider paradise, and I feel very blessed to live where I do. And yet, "having it all" also has its drawbacks. It's great to have the museums and shopping and activities and such, but when it takes hours in horrendous traffic to do much of anything, and then fighting the masses once you get there, it also sort of makes you retreat to your computer at home more often than you might think. Strange how that works.
I now live in a dusty little town with less than 100 people in outback Australia, yet until recently I'd spent my whole life living in very big cities.
I'm incredibly happy here and though I have fleeting moments of missing certain aspects of city life, mostly I've just learned to be happy with simple pleasures and be content with my own company. I'm not sure how it happened, if I was always this way or if I've adapted - but I know I am glad to be away from the hectic rat race lifestyle I used to have.
I live in the middle of nowhere - about 800 yards from the sea. I have no neighbours for half a mile and then it is isolated houses like mine.
My computer is my social life line - people can be found at the touch of a button when I need them.
The rest of the time I have the wind and the trees, the beach and at the moment sunshine and butterflies, I am truly blessed.
We do our shopping once a week - a 40 mile round trip to a small seaside town - we have no street lights, no newspapers and no TV without satellite, little light pollution and can see all the stars on a clear night.
Bliss.
I moved from a big city up north to a tiny town in the sticks of the south. At first it seemed like I was in another country. Now I like this "country" way more.
Sounds like where I live except we have hill with tobacco and corn. Yep, I love my computer, too! ;-)
I am the exact opposite. I am a small town boy stuck in the big city. I long to be back in the country where going 10 miles takes 10 minutes instead of 2 hours. I do agree that no matter where you are though that the computer is a great way to stay connected with whatever you love.
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